diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f1ec81..21c4cb6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
 chaos
 # generated files
 .dependencies
-po/*.pot
 libvdr-softhddevice.so*
diff --git a/po/.gitignore b/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1952639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# gitignore(5) file
+*.mo
+*.pot